Police not calling them suspects in triple-homicide on Northeast Side.

Baron Ochoa, 36, was charged with two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a young child. He and his brother, Conrad Ochoa, were initially questioned in connection with a house fire on the Northeast Side last month.

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Baron Ochoa, 36, was charged with two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a young child. He and his brother, Conrad Ochoa, were initially questioned in connection with a house fire on the Northeast Side last month.

But, he said, both men were “initially questioned after the (deaths) and are still being investigated” in connection with that incident.

The three females were stabbed to death early Sept. 14, their bodies found in the charred home they had rented in the 200 block of Karen Lane, according to the Bexar County medical examiner's office. Friends and family identified the mother; the medical examiner's office has confirmed the identities of Samvastion and Penske.

“After a lengthy investigation, investigators were able to get certain pieces of the puzzle for the arrest of the brothers,” Benavides said. He added that police “were aware of sexual assault allegations for some time” and that “during the course of the investigation, we were able to uncover electronic photos of some victims.”

“Both get booked tonight, and if there are any other victims, we definitely want to put them behind bars for any other offenses,” Benavides said.

Walked past reporters Sunday night and asked if he could comment, Baron Ochoa said, “No, I don't. I don't think it would be a good idea to say anything just yet.”

Asked if he knew anything about the Karen Lane deaths and fire, he said, “Only what they've told me.”

Police initially identified Conrad Ochoa as a person of interest in the capital murder case because of his history of conflict with Gonzales. He was Sammy Ochoa's father, and fought with Gonzales over custody issues in a series of court filings that started in 2009.

Conrad Ochoa accused Gonzales of drug use and failing to pay court-ordered child support, according to the documents. In an earlier accusation in the court file, Gonzales had accused Baron Ochoa, the girl's uncle, of biting the girl.

The battle escalated in August, when Gonzales accused Conrad Ochoa of sexually assaulting his daughter at least once every time she had visited him, starting last fall and most recently July 23, police have said.

She repeated the sex assault accusation in court documents seeking a protective order against him that month. A temporary protective order was issued Aug. 17. Investigators with Child Protective Services also had been looking into the accusations, an agency spokeswoman has said.

Police have also said Gonzales had accused Conrad Ochoa of slashing her tires in January.

After he was questioned the day after the fire, a police spokesman said he was not a suspect in the killings “at this time.”

Gonzales and her daughter were close to teachers and parents at The Circle School even after Gonzales had left the school to care for children at her own home. Wenske, a close friend of hers, moved into the home Sept. 1.

A neighbor who first reported the fire in a 911 call said he alerted neighbors but saw nobody in the vicinity of the house when he first arrived. The neighborhood is just north of Terrell Hills.